Combined type-writing and computing machine.



G. 0. DEGENER. COMBINED TYPE wnnme AND com uwmc MACHINE. APPUCATON FILED NOV, l5. i913.

Patent-ed Jul 2, IEHH.

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G. 0. DEGENER. COMBINED TYPE WRITING AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. \5. Hi3- Patented July 2, 1918.

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comsmEo TYPE WRITING AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 15. H3

Patented J uly 2, 1918.

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uOMBINEO TYPE wrmmc. AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLH) NOV. l5. I913.

Patented J uly 2, 1918.

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COMBINED TYPE wnnms AND COMPUUNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FFLED NOV. 15, l9l3. 271,290. Patented July 2, HHH.

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G. 0. .DEGENER.

COMBINED TYPE wnnmc, AND COMPUTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV I5. 1913- Patented J uly 2,

lids (1W the motor withdraws. it from its effective position. Hence, if the motor is not rotated, the lock will remain in its eiiective osition, so that no other numeral key can he subsequently struck, thereby warning the operative that the machine is not connected up to its source of power.

The same supplementary lock is also used to prevent the actuation of a numeral key in digit or denominational columns corresponding to the writing of other characters than numbers. This is more especially applied to the denominational columns corresponding to the decimal point, the space between hundreds and thousands, thousands and millions, etc. a

If, for any reason, the computing mechanism should be but partially actuated, as in the case where the motor is disconnected from its source of current, it is necessary to restore it to cleared condition ready to receive a computation. For this purpose, a manually-operable key or lever, which may be termed a restoring member, is rovided, whereby the supplementary loc 'ng means above mentioned is returned to its ineffective position, and any index pins which may happen to have been set, with the exception of the one forming the break in the drive to the motor, if still set, are restored to their unset position.

In the present invention, means is rovided for normally locking the master W eel against accidental movement when not actually being driven to run up a number. The locking means which efi'ects this detaining of the master wheel is, however, released at the actuation of any numeral key under the control oi the power mechanism, which locks the traveling element and which sets the index pins. In other words, those parts, such as the computing wheels and the master wheel, which are normally locked, are re leased at the striking of a numeral key, while those parts which are free to travel, suchas the carriage and the traveling element of the computing head, are locked against traveling movement at the striking of a numeral key.

The computin head or heads are connected individua 1y to be driven in either one direction or the other for addition or subtraction, and also not to be driven at all when the master wheel will be disconnected from the computing mechanism. In this neutral condition of the computing heads,

, the locking means for the master wheel is normaliy ld in play, so that it will not be released even when a numeral key is struck.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a diagrammatic section taken from front to rear of the machine.

7 lines, the silencing means for the tripper in its position to bring the tripper into action, and in dotted lines, in its position to silence the tripper.

Fig. 5 is a vertical skeleton section taken from front to rear, showing the connection of the computing head to the typewriter carriage and the traveling support for the former. and also showing the restorer or restoring lever whereby the computing mechanism may be cleared manually.

Fig. 6 is a skeleton perspective view, showing the means for locking the carriage against movement during a computing action.

Fig. 7 is a skeleton perspective view, showing how the tripper is controlled in its effectiveness from the carriage, so as to be effective during a computing zone or column as determined by the travel of the carria e. This view also shows the means where y the tripper may be controlled manually.

Fig. 8 is a view of the controlling means for the tripper, showing the same shifted manually to render the tripper ineffective,

Fig. 9 is a detail plan view. with parts broken away to show the underlying structure and with parts omitted for the sake of simplicity.

Fig. 10 is a detail vertical sectiomshowing the relation of the locking blades and the pin-setting intcrponents.

Fig. 11 shows a detail horizontal section of the supplementary locking means where by the numeral keys may be locked against actuation when the motor is silent, when a comma. or decimal-point space is opposite the printing point of the typewriting mechanism, and when a computation has been started and not completely finished.

Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of the cradle for carrying and actuating the pin setting lnterponents.

Fig. 13 is a detail view of the clutch connection whereby the supplementary source of power reenergized from the motor at the completion of each computing operation and whereby the supplementary mechanism brought into play at the actuation of the numeral key is reset for action.

Fig. 14 is a detail vertical section showing the means for connecting the valuating or index wheel with the source of power and each numeral key lever 3 has '60, so that the slide also showing the means for resetting the previously-set pin. This mechanism is all shown in its silent position ready to be pleting the setting of the apposite pin under the drive of the cradle or hammer; the flange 61 has just escaped from the shoulder 62 and connected parts 'are just about to be returned.

Fig. 17 is a view similar to Fig. 16, but showing the mechanism ina slightl advanced state where the hammer or crad c has escaped from its actuating means and is returning while the circuit-closing and supplementary-look-controlling lever is completely actuated to energize the motor and set the supplementary lock to its ready position.

Fig. 18 is a detail view in front elevation of the restorer for unsetting any pins which havebeen improperly set and for restoring and engaging a pinion 11 connected to and to be controlled by an escapement wheel 12, which h has a universal bar 16 engageable by a heel 17 on each of the type bars 5. Attention is called to the fixed dog 14, which, when a key is actuated, comes into engagement with the escapement wheel 12, as this do is used to lock the carriage 7, as will sul sequently be described, when a computing action. is started by the striking of a numeral key, and hold it locked until the computing action has been completed. a

he numeral keys 2 not only operate the type are to write numbers, but also are connected to a computing mechanism to ena'ble the computation of the numbers to which they correspond. For this purpose, connected thereto a link 18 (Fig. 7), connected, at the each numeral key,

bell crank 19, which in turn draws 20 to rock a lever 21 (Fig. 16)

mounted in a hub 22. levers for each numeral key from 1 to 9.

It eh lever 21 is provided with a pin or lug QJ engaging in a slot 24 provided in an interponent 25. There are a series of these interponents 25 corresponding to the numeral keys 1 to 9 and they are floatingly mounted by a cradle 26 and the pins 23.

The cradle 26 acts also as a hammer or force in the particular one of the happens to be shifted to the Fi 16 position by the actuation of the accorrfant numeral key 2 and the accordant lever 21.

ormally, the interponents are located with the tail ends thereof clear of the hitting head or ring 27 of the cradle 26. so as -to be unaffected thereby. However, when any one of the numeral keys is actuated, it swings its 21 to rock the accordant interponent position indicated in Fig. 16, where it depression of the wheel 29 and are detained in their adjusted position by a circumferential spring he pins 28 determine, by their distance from a gap in the valuating wheel 29 formed by the previously set pin, the extent of rotation of this valuating wheel 29, and thus, in a way, control the value of a computation or the magnitude thereof to corre spond with the particular numeral key 2 actuated. 7

Considering the specific form of cradle or hammer 26, it will be seen by reference to Figs. 12 and 16, that it includes a forward ring 32 secured to a rod 33 slidingly mounted in :1 lug 34 on the hub 22, and the head or ring 27 also, will be noted that the forward ring 32 is beveled so as to form a fulcrum support for the interponents 25, which are each provided with an offset 35, to form between this offset and the body of the socket or notch 36 embracing the beveled circumference of the This enables the interponents 25 to be easily rocked between their effective and ineffective positions supported for movement with The rear end of each intercradle.

The head 27 may be a pin 38 passing be prevented from,

p from counter-rotation through an opening 39 in the head. The head 27 need not be in form a complete rin as the series of interponents 25, of whic there are nine, one for each of the numeral keys from 1 to 9, occupies but of a complete circumference.

The numeral keys 2 do not themselves furnish the power for advancing the interponents 25 to set the pins 28. This is done from a supplementary source of power. To accomplish this, each of the links 20 is provided, at itspoint of attachment with the corresponding lever 21, with an enlargement 40, to engage a disk 41 having a series of slots, through which the links 20 extend This disk 41 will then be slid (Fig. 7). rearwardly against the tension of a spring 42 at the actuation of any numeral key, so that a lever 43 connected to the disk 41 will be rocked to thrust forward a link 44 hearing at its forward end a tripper 45. The link 44 and the tripper 45 are moved forward against the tension of a spring 46, which will return them after the numeral key has been restored.

The tripper 45 bears on its own surface a serrated or toothed portion 47 arranged,

when the tripper is in its effective depressed position, to engage a pointed toe 48 on a detent 49. The detent 49 engages a toothed ratchet wheel 50, loosely mounted on a shaft 51. The shaft 51 is normally under a tension to rotate as will be explained, but is held by the detent 49 until the latter is disengaged from the toothed wheel 50 by the tripper 45. This disengagement, as will be seen, takes place at the sliding motion of the disk 41, and thus at the actuation of any numeral key. a a

While the ratchet wheel 50 is not fixed to the shaft 51, it is connected by a clutch 52, one part of which is splined on the shaft 51 and the other part of which is secured to the ratchet wheel 50. The clutch is a one-way actin clutch and the parts are normally held in engagement with each other by a spring 53, so that normally the shaft 51 will rotating in the direction in which it is normally urged, until the detent 49 has been released. The clutch arrangement, however, enables the shaft 51 to be rotated in a counter-direction relatively to the ratchet wheel 50, as the latter is held by a dog 54.

To rotate the shaft 51, it is provided, at its forward end (Fig. 3), with a .gear 55 meshing with a rack 56 on a bar 57. This bar 57 has connected thereto ,a spring 58, which is normally under a tension tondin to lift the bar 57 and thus rotate the sha t 51. This tendency, as has been explained, however, is restrained by the detent 49 until the latter is released a numeral key.

The spring 58 together with the bar 57,

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the shaft 51 and the arts connected thereto, performs several unctions at the actuation of a numeral key.

The first function which will be consid ered is the actuation of the striker or hammer 26, so that the pin corresponding to the numeral key which enables the sprin 58 to act, will be set on the valuating whens 29 to determine the extent of its rotation.

On the shaft 51- (Figs. 16 and 17), there is secured a member 59 having a hook or shoulder 60, which is arranged toengage a toe or flange 61 on a slide 62. This slide 62 is secured to the rod 33 forming a part of the cradle or hammer 26.

It will be seen that as the shaft 51 rocks to the right Fi 16 and 17, it carries the slide 62 with it against the tension of a spring 63, so that the cradle is drawn forward carrying with it the inter onent 25 which happens to be shifted b t e depression of the associated numeral ey to its setting position. Before the shaft 51 completes its cycle of movement, the hook or shoulder will escape from the toe 61, as has just happened in Fig. 16, and then pass on to the osition shown in Fig. 17, the toe '61 riding idly on the circular surface of member 59 until free and clear thereof. This permits the slide 62 and the cradle 26 to return to its normal position under the pull of the If the spring 63 should not happen to restore the cradle to their normal position, the same by an extension 59 on the member 59,'engaging a fla 60 on the slide 62, as the shaft 51 rocks farther to the right, as illustrated in Fig. 17. v

The member 59 erforms added functions, one of which consists in making or com leting a circuit to an electric motor 64, w ich drives the whole machine. For this purpose, the member 59 is provided with an enlargement or cam 65, which engages a following roller 66 on abell crank 67 and rocks the same aboutits pivot 68 against the tension of a spring 69, so as to pull on a link 70. The link 70 is connected to swing (Fig. 3) an arm 71 secured to a rock shaft 72. Also secured to the rock shaft 72 is an arm 73,

75 loosely pivoted on the shaft 72. It will ,thus be seen that when the shaft 51 rotates a fraction of a revolution,

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;;he shaft 7 2 will There is rovided ing roller 6, which underlies 'a flexible. spring contact 77, so as toraise the same into enga ement with a similar spring con-, tact 78. he contacts 77 and 78 are normall spaced apart and are each so r i by e ectrical wires 79 to the "electric motor 64 and the source of power lever 75 moves upwar y it akes or cities the connection between tlie would be positively restored on the arm 75, a bear taci Wand a9 78, so as to com lete the circuit to the electric motor 64, w ion the source of power for the circuit, comprising the wires 79, is properly connected up to the source of power. The breaking of the connection between the contacts 77 and 78 is retarded by a dash pot 80, so that the arm 73 can move away from the arm 75 without the latter returning.

Vhen the motor 64 is thus energized, its shaft 81 (Fig. 1) drives, through the intermediary of a pair of meshing bevel gears 82 and 83 a shaft 84. This latter shaft is provided with a bevel gear 85 meshing with a bevel gear 86, so as to drive a shaft 87. The gear 86, however, is loosely mounted on the shaft 87, but is arranged to be clutched thereto by a clutch comprising a clutch element 88 secured to the gear 86 and a clutch. element 89, Fig. 14, splined on the shaft 87. The connection between these clutch ele ments and thus between the gear 86 and the shaft 87, is effected at the rocking of the shaft 51 whenthe latter is released by the a numeral key. This is accomplished by a sprin 90 normally under a tension tending to raw a shifting arm 91 and the clutch element 89 to which this arm is connected, to a position such that the clutch element 89 will mesh with the clutch element 88.

Under normal conditions, when the'shaft depressal of 51 is in its initial set position, the actionprevented by an enlargethe shaft 51, which abuts dog 93 pivotally secured of the spring 90 is ment or cam 92 on against a spacing on the shifting arm 91 and held to its work by a spring 94. The enlargement or cam 92, however, hasa' deep drop at 95, so that when the cam rocks under the pull of the Spring 58, the dog 93 will fall off the major surface of the cam 92, permitting the spring 90 to act to close the clutch and thus connect the gear 86 with the shaft 87. The

rocking of the shaft 51 in returning to its initial position, as will be subsequently described, is permitted as the dog 93 is pivotally mounted, and the spring 94 will yield to permit it to rock, so that the enlarged portion 92 will come into opposition to the pivot point of the dog 93; the shifter 91, in the meanwhile, being cammed outwardly against the tension of the spring 90, thus breaking 88, by means of a camming finger 96 on the enlargement 92, which engages a cam surface 97 on the inner side of the shifting arm 91. It has thus been shown how the shaft 87 is connected in driven relatiop with the motor 64, and how the lattirr lihs been excited to action at the striking of" a nu meral key.

The shaft 87 is provided with a spur or pinion 98, which is arranged to rotate the valuating or index pin-wheel 29, but normally is arranged in register with the gap and 111.

formed in this wheel by the previously set pin 28. When, however, a numeral key is struck to set up a new pin, the shaft51 also enables the unsetting of the previously set pin, so that the mutilated gear formed of the pins 28, is once more completed by filling the ga at the oint Where the spur 98 overlaps t e peripheral path of move ment of the pins 28. The restoring of this set pin is accomplished by a restoring finger 155, having a V and normally he d in full retired position by a spring 157. When the shaft 51 rocks, however, a camming roller 158 thereon engages the rear of therestoringfinger 155 and momentarily forces it against the tension of the spring 157, to a position such that it restores the pin to fill the gap previously left by itself.

The spur 98 is free to slide with its shaft 87 against the tension of a spring 100 in case the restored pin should strike one of the teeth thereof, but will return immediately after having been justified by a beveled guide 99", to engage this pin and drive the same and all succeeding pins, until the gap in the wheel 29 is reached, which has been formed by the just set pin. Hence, the valuating or index pin-wheel 29 will be rotated an amount corresponding to the distance of the just set pin from the previously set pin, which amount depends on the numeral key actuated.

This measured rotation must be transferred to one or more computing heads, one of which is shown at 101- (Fig. 3).- To do this, the valuating or index pin-Wheel 29 is secured to a shaft 102, on which is also secured a bevel gear 103, meshing with a bevel gear 104, so as to drive a shaft 105 (Fig; 1). The shaft 105 in turn drives, through a pair pf meshing bevel gears 106 and 107, a vertical shaft 108. This latter shaft is arranged to drive one or more master wheel shafts, of which only one, 109, happens to be, shown. The shaft 108 is connected by gearirrg to the shaft 109, so that it may drive the latter in sired to have the corresponding computing For this purpose, there are head silent provided on the shaft 108, pairs of o'p'po-. sitely-facing gears 110and I11, one pair for ars are each computing head. These butarloosely mounted on the shaft108, ranged to be alternately connected I by means'of a clutch 112 splinedon the shaft 108 and shifiable to engage corresponding clutch faces in both the ears 110 Moreover, the clutch 1 1 can 00- cupy an intermediate position in which it is not connected to either the gears 110 or 111. The gears 110 and 111 mesh with axbevel g ar 113 on the m er. whe l shaft 10 and in-and-slot mounting 156,

thereto I inasmuch as they face in opposite directions, are arranged to drive the gear 113 in opposite directions. z

The master wheel shaft 109 is provided with one or more master wheels 114, one for each com utin head, to be actuated by the same sha t. e master wheel is arranged to mesh individually with internal gears 115 provided on a series of computing wheels 116. The computing wheels 116 are also provided with external gears 117 meshing with gears 118 provided on accordant ones of dial wheels 119, the latter having numbers inscribed on their peripheries to be exhibited through a sight opening 120 in the casing 121 of the computlng head 101.

For the purpose of'efl'ecting a carry-over operation between adjacent computing wheels and dial wheels, each computing 'wheel 116 is provided with a special tooth, which in every revolution thereof, is arranged to start in motion a carry-over group 122. This carry-over group includes a mutilated gear 123 having groups or toothed portions interrupted by spaces between them. When, however, the group is started.- in movement, one of the spaces between the toothed portions, which is normally located opposite an associated barrel gear 124, will be shifted to one side and a group of the teeth brought into mesh or into the sphere of operation of the teeth on the barrel gear 124, so that the group 122 will be rotated an amount suflicient to enable a pinion 125 of the group, meshing with the gear 117 of next higher denomination, to rotate the latter an amount corresponding to the distance 1 between two adjacent numbers on the dial wheel 119. By this means a carry-over operation is effected between adjacent dialand computing wheels.

The computing wheels 116 and the dial wheels 119 are locked individually against rotation when not being positively driven by the master wheel 114. For this purpose, the group 122, which is positively connected at all limes by its gear 125, with one of the computing wheels 116. is locked by an individual dctent 12). This detent includes a locking arm 127, pivoted at 128 and normally held to its work by a spring 129. On the arm 127, there is provided a roller 130, which, when a computing wheel comes to rest showing the number on the dial wheel 119 accurately through the opening 120, will rest in a pocket 13] formed between the groups of teeth on the mutilated gear 123. There is one of these locking arms 127 for each train of dial wheel, computing wheel, and carry-over group, so that they are individually lo'clced, and can be individually unlocked when the master wheel 114 is in register with any one train, permitting the driving of the same by the master wheel.

To drive the tens-carrying mechanism, the

barrel gear 124 is secured on a shaft 132 (Fig. 3) and is provided with a pinionl33 meshing with an idler 134, which in turn is driven by a gear 135 on a shaft 136. This shaft 136 is also provided with a bevel gear 137, meshing with a pair of oppositelyfaeing bevel gears 138 and 139, loosely mounted on a shaft 140. The bevel ears 138 and 139 are arranged to be alternativel connected in driven relation with the she t 140 by a clutch 141 splined on the shaft 140 and acting similarly to the clutch 112. That is to say, this clutch 140 has three positions corresponding with the connecting of the gear 138 in driven relation with the shaft 140; the gear 139 in driven relation with the shaft 140, and an idle intermediate position in which neither the gear 138 nor the gear 139 is connected in driven relation with the shaft 140. This enables the rotation of the barrel gear 124 in one direction or the other to correspond with rotation of the master wheel shaft 109 for addition or subtraction. It also enables the bevel gear 124 to remain silent when the master wheel shaft 109 is silent. The shaft 140 is driven from the motor 64 by being provided with a bevel gear 142 (Fig. 1), which meshes with a bevel gear 143 on a. shaft 144, bearing at its other end a bevel gear 145 meshing with a bevel gear 146 on the-shaft 84, which is driven from the motor 4 as explained above.

The clutches 112 and 141 are arranged to be shifted concomitantly by a composite lever 147', which includes a shifting lever 148 having a pin to engage a groove in the clutch 112, and a supplementary lever 149 pivotally mounted on the lever 148 and having a pin to engage in the groove in the clutch 141. The relative movement with respect to the lever 148, which is taken up by a spring 150. This allows the clutch teeth of one clutch to settle in case the teeth of the other clutch have not been brought into exact.- register with the clutch teeth on the opposed gear faces. The composite shiftingvlever 147 is locked in any one of its three adjusted positions, corresponding to addition, subtraction. and neutral. by a spring detent 151 pivotally mounted 'on a stud shaft 152, and having a toe to engage between or on opposite sides of a pair of teeth 153 on alocking arm 154 carried by the lever 148.

As has been stated above, one of the elements of each cooperating computing head and master wheel travels while the other is stationary, so that the master wheel 114 will come successively into drivin relation with each individual computing w ieel. In order to effect this traveling movement, the computing head. which is shown movable in this case is adjustahly mounted by nu-ans of a link 159 on a sub-carriage 160, which is lever 149 has a limited guided for traveling movement on ways 161 y rollers 162. The sub-carriage 160 is detachably and adjustahly connected by a latch 163 to the typewriter carriage 7.

Inasmuch as the movement of the typewriter carriage 7, during a computing operation,- would disaline th s master wheel with respect to the computing wheel with which it is in cooperation, it is essential that the carriage 7 be locked against a traveling movement at such time. To accomplish this, the bar 57, which is drawn up by the spring 58 when the shaft 51 is permitted to rock at the striking of a numeral key,

is provided with a rack 164 (Figs. 5 and 6).

This rack meshes with a segment 165 to rock a lever 166, which is provided with a second segment 167 meshing with a fragmentary pinion 168 secured to a shaft 169. The shaft 169, when rocked in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 6, will swing a lever 170 to draw on a link 171, and thus swing an arm 172, so as to rock a shaft 173. The rock shaft 173 bears an arm 174 carrying a roller 175 underlying comprising the spring 58, will accomplish this, thereby locking the carriage 7 against an arm 176 secured to a shaft 177. The shaft 177 is a rock shaft and is provided with a pair of arms 178, which form a swinging frame for the universal frame 15.

' It will thus be seen that if the type bar 5. by its heel 17, has not already swung the universal frame 15 to bring the fixed dog 14 into engagement with the escapement wheel 12, the auxiliary source of power,

movement. The fixed dog 14 will be maintained in engagement with the escapement wheel 12 while a computing action is taking place and until the bar 57 has been restored to its depressed position against the tension of the spring58. This latter occurs only when the number corresponding to the value of the numeral key actuated has been completely run up into the computing head.

In addition to locking the carriage, the computing head 101 itself is locked against movement. For this put so, the auxiliary power mechanism is ma e to perform two 60 functions at once. That is to say, the same is provided with part which locks the computing head against movement, will release the computing train to be driven by'the master wheel from the locking roller 130. Therefore, the bar 57 an upwardly-proiecting extension 179, which, when the spring 58 acts to raise the bar 57, will pull one link 180 (Fig. 3) to swing a wardly an arm v181 and thus rock a she t 182""exte'ndin across the front of the machine. The roe l6 ing arm 127 bearing the detent roller 130 shaft 182 is provided at a'point coincident with the plane of the master wheel 114,with

an arm 183 bearing a selecting pm 184.. The selecting pin 18 4 overlies the particular-lockof the spring 129, by the selecting pin 184,

it will engage a V-groove 185 in the fixed portion of the frame, thereby not only releasing the computing train in register with the master wheel but also locking the com puting head 101 against traveling movement. The locking arm or lever 127 will be held in action just so long as the bar 57 is in its raised position. which is a period of time coincident with the running up of the number corresponding to the value of the numeral key actuated, into the computing head 101 by the master wheel 114:.

The master wheel 114 when not actually being driven from the motor 64, to run up a number in the computing wheel with which it happens to be in register, is locked against accidental movement. For this purpose, the master wheel shaft 109 is provided with a notched detent wheel 186, which is normally enga d by the toe 187 of a complex detent 188. his detent is normally held to its work by a pin 189 on the extension 179 of the bar 57, which en ages a cam finger 190 of the detent 188. he pin 189 happens to be the pin which connects the link 180 to the extension 179, but might be any other pin.

It will be seen, when the bar 57 is raised with its extension 179 at the incitationof a computing action, that the detent 188 Wlll be free to swing under its weight to a releasing position, permitting the rotation of the master wheel shaft 109. If, however, any particular computing head 101 happens to be in its neutral condition, that IS, with the composite lever 147 in a. mid-position corresponding to neither adding nor subtracting, then the detent 188 should be held in its locking position even though the bar 57 an ing action,

swinging of the detent 188 even when the pin 189 is moved upwardly to face the de tent 188. K

1 no the extension 179 are raised for a 'comput- We will considen at this. poiiit how they auxiliary motor or spring 58 is rete'nsioned and how the bar 57 and the various parts operated thereby, mal set positionseuch previous to the stnkm eflect a computation. eferring to Figs. 1 and 8, it will be seen that the extension of the herb? carries a roller 193, WhlOh It as they would occupy of a numeral key to are returned to their nor the shaft/144. The cam 198 may, however,

be con cted to the shaft 144 by a clutch 199, W] lch includes a clutch element secured *to the am 198 and a clutch element secured to a leeve 200 splined on the shaft 144. These clutch elements, however, are normally held out of engagement with each other by a spring 201. To shift the sleeve 200 to a position to bring, about a coiiperation of the clutch elements, so that the cam 198 may be rotated from the shaft 144 to rock the lever 194, there is provided a clutch shifter 202 (Figs. 13 and 15). The shifter 202 has pivotally connected thereto a connecting latch 203, held in a definite relation with respect to the shifter 202, by a sprin 204. The latch 203 has a hook 205, whic normally occupies the position shOWn in Fig. l, with respect to an offset or nose 206 on a rocker 207. This rocker 207, however, may be shifted from the Figs. 1 and 13 position to the Fig. 15 position, by the pins 28 of the valuating wheel 29, duringthe latters rotation, camming aside a hook finger 208, which normally engages between two of the pins 28, as shown in Fig. 13. rocker 207 is swung to this position, the nose 206 engages beyond the hook of the latch 203, so as to be ready to shift the same and draw with it the shifter 202.

This shifting action is accomplished by the last set pin 28 coming into engagement, as illustrated in Fig. 15, with an arm 200 on the rocker 207, just as this last set pin approaches its home position corresponding to the registering of the ap in the valuating wheel 29 with the driving spur 98. That is to say, just as the valuatlng wheel comes to rest, it will swing the rocker 207, so that the latter will draw on the latch 203, moving the shifter 202 to bring about a clutching of the cam 108 in driven relation with the shaft 144, The cam will then be rotated one complete revolution with the shaft 144, so as to rock the bell crank lever 194, thereby depressing the extension 179 and the bar 57, and retensioning the spring 58. This also returns. the shaft 51 and all parts connected thereto to, lhci r normal positions, in which positions they arelockcd by the detent 49 "until subsequently released by the striking of another numeral key.

As the ("am 108 approaches the end of its 1 volution with the shaft 144, a second cam 2 0 connected to the cam 198'by a sleeve 211, will engage the latch 203 to press it against the tension of the spring 204, thereby disen- When the gaging it from the nose 206 on the rocker 20 permitting the sprin 20 to act to unclutch the cam 198 from t e s aft 144.

It is not desirable to have the computing mechanism effective to carry on a computing action during the entire travel of the t pewriter carriage 7. In fact, it is only esirable to have the same connected during the writing of numbers in a computin zone or column. To accomplish this selection of the active and inactive periods of the computing mechanism, there is adjustably mounted on a rack 212, carried by the carriage 7, one or more tappets 213 (Fl 7), one for each computing zone or oofumn. Each tappet 213 is adapted to cam aside a zone'controller 214 when a computing zone is opposite the printing point of the typewriter.

The zone-controller 214 may include a pair of plates 215 and 216 adjustable relatively to each other to vary the period .of engagement of a tappet 213 therewith, and thus vary the magnitude of the com uting zone. The zone controller 214 may a so include a lever 217 mounted to rock on a pivot 218 and having an am 219 connected to draw on a link 220 and thus swing up an arm 221 to rock a shaft 222. The shaft 222 is provided with a second arm 223 arranged to 'pull down on a link 224 so as to depress one end of a lever 225 agalnst the tension of a spring 226. The lever 225 is provided with a toe 227 arranged to engage a pin 228 on a segment 229. The segment 229 meshes with a corresponding segment 230 pivoted on a shaft 231. The segment 229 is connected to a lever 232 mounted on the same pivot 233 as the lever 225 and the segment 229, by means of a spring 234. The segments 229 and 230 may be rotated by a finger-piece 235 from the position shown in Fig. 7 to the position shown in Fig. 8, and back again, the movements of the segments being limited in both directions by enlarged teeth on one or both of them at the ends thereof.

The spring 234 in either position tends to draw the lower part of the lever 232 and the segment 229 toward each other, so as to rock the lever 232. In the position shown in Fig. 7, this is prevented by the spring 226,

which is stronger and causes a pin 236 to hold up an arm 237 secured to the lever 232 and forming a part thereof. Another arm, 238, of the lever 232 is bifurcated at its upper end to engage the opposite sides of the pivot 231 and limit the back-a-nd-forth swing of the lever 232.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 7, the actuation of the zone controllcr 214 by a tappet 213, depresses the lever 225 against the tension of the spring 226, permitting the spring 234 to act, so that the lower end of the lever 232 will be drawn to the left, thereby pulling on a link 239. This link is connected to rock a lever 240, which in turn pushes on a link 2'11 connected to rock a silencer or controller 242. This controller is in the form of a bell crank provided with an offset 243 having an opening therein, through which the tripper 45 extends. It will thus le evident with the parts as illustrated in 1 1g. 7, that when the tappet 213 engages the zone controller 214-, it enables the silencer or controller 242 to lower the tripper -15 to such a position (full lines, Fig. 4) that the serrations or teeth thereof will be capable of engaging the toe 48 on the detent 49, so that when the tripper is actuated it will be capable of disengaging the detent 49 from the toothed ratchet wheel 50.

Under these conditions, with the parts arranged as in Fig. T, when not in a computing zone, that is, when a t'appet 213 is not in engagement with the zone controller 214, then the tripper 45 will be held in its raised position, and even though it is vibrated, it will clear the toe 42:? without tripping the detent 4!). hence the computing mechanism will be silent.

If it is desired to throw the computing mechanism out of action, even when it comes to a computing zone or column, the segments may be manipulated to the position shown in Fig. 8, when the spring 2234, although readjusted. will still tend to draw the lower arm of the lever 232 toward the segment 229 but in the opposite direction, so that the silencer or controller 242 will be in its raised position holding the tripper 45 up in its ineffective position.

If the arm 225 should be depressed at this time under the action of the zone controller 217, it would merely act idly against the spring 226 and there would be no tendency for the lever to rock to such a position a to lower the tripper 45, as the spring 234 now acts in the opposite direction. The pin228, which normally holds the segment against backward rotation, and, in fact, gives it a counter-rotation to aid the move ment of the lever 232, will now be entirelyclear of the lever 225, so that the lever 225 will have no tendency to swing the lever 232. I

We now come to the safeguarding mechanism for preventing the actuation of the computing mechanism by the numeral keys at inopportune times. This is accomplished by locking the numeral keys themselves: first, when one numeral key is depressed second, when writing in a denominationa column corresponding to a comma between hundreds and thousands, etc, and to the decimal point; third, after the depressal of a numeral key and its return and before the completion of a com utation' and fourth when the eomput ing mechanism has not been driven alter the actuation of a numeral key, as when the electric motor not properly connected up with its source of current.

(onsidering the first of these and referring to lgigs. 3,,and 16, it will be seen that each of the levers 21, of which, as has been stated above, there is one for every numeral key, is provided with a locking blade 244;. These locking blades 24-4 are arranged to vibrate at the actuation of the associated numeral keys through radial slots 24:5 in a guiding spider 216. Each of the blades, therefore, has a path of movement extending across the center of the spider 246, so that more than one blade 244 and thus more than one numeral key cannot be actuated at the same time as they interfere one with the action of all the others.

For the other safeguards, use is made of these same lockingblades 244 whose action is interfered with and thus the actuation of their corresponding numeral keys interfered with held by a 'supplementary locking element 247 (Figs. 9 to 11). The locking element 247 is in' the form of a lever having an obstructing head 248, normally held in a receded position by a spring 249, but capable of being advanced to a position common to the paths of movement of all the locking blades 2%. so as to interfere with the movement of any of the locking blades, and thu interfere with the actuation of any of the numeral keys.

To use the sumileinentary locking element 2&7, in order to prevent the writing of numbers when in comma and decimal point columns, there is provided on the zone controller 214. a block 2533 (Fig. 7) carrying a plurality ot rollers 25lspaced three letterspare intervals from each otheiwand proieeting slightly in advance of the bearing edge formed by the plates 215 and 210. 'lhese rollers 254 are arranged to come into engagement with the tappet 213 so as to give the zone controller 214 an excessive throw, which, through the connecting linkages, will give an excessive forward move ment to the link 241, which actuates the silencer or controller The link 241. has secured thereon a collar 255, Fig. 11, which engages one arm of the supplementary locking lever 2-17, so as to swing this lever and bring the obstructing head 248 to a. point common to all of the paths of movement of the locking blades 244, preventing the movement of any of these blades and thus preventing the actuation of any of the numeral keys. The collar 55 is so located that it only comes into action on an excessive forward movement of the link 2241, which movement will only take place when one of the rollers 254 causes an excessive rocking OfythG zone controller 217,

supplementary locking element 247 is also actuated against the tension of the spring 249' when a computing action is started by a numeral key. To do this, the rock shaft 72 (Fig. 3), which is operated Man the shaft 51 at the striking of the numeral key to complete the circuit to the electric motor by maans of the contacts 77 and 78, is also provided with an arm 250, which will be swung to thrust before it. a plunger 251. The plunger 251v passes through an aperture in the su mlementary locking lever 247 and is indirectly connected to actuate this lever by means of a spring 252 interposed between them. The spring 252, however, doesnot rock the lever 2-17 immediately, because the same numeral key, which moves the plunger 251 to tension the spring 252, also moves one of the locking blades 244 across the common center, thus preventing the intrusion of the locking head 248 on the supplementary locking; lever 247. As soon, however, as the numeral key returns to its raised position. if the computing op eration started by this numeral key is still in action so that the shaft 72 has not been rocked back to its normal position, then the spring 252 will act to cause the locking head 248 to take the place of the receding locking blade 2H, preventing the actuation of the same or any other numeral key until the computing action has been completed. hen the computing action has been completed, the shaft 51 will be returned to its normal position with the retensioning of the spring 58 and the dcpressal of the bar 57, so that the shaft 72 and the arm 250 carried therelrv will be returned to their normal position relieving the pressure on the spring 252, permitting, the sprin" 249 to This withdraw the supplementary interfering ele ment 247 from its locking position.

If the motor should not have driven the computing mechanism, as in case the circuit had not been connected up to the source of elect rie power. then the bar 57 and the shaft 51 would not be returned to their normal positions, as the retcnsioning and resetting mechanism depends for its action on being driven from the motor (H. Under these conditions, the spring 252 would still remain under pressure maintaining the locking head 249 on the supplementary locking clement 247 in its interfering position, thereby pre' venting: the actuation of any numeral key, notifying the operative that the machine is not in proper condition to do its work.

If the machine should happen to be locked against actuation as in the case above-incutioncd, when the motor does not drive the computing mechanism after an actuation of a numeral key, or should go Wrong' for any other' reason, it can be reset manually by a restorer 256 (Figs. 3, 5 and 18). This restorer consists of a lever 257 having a fingerpiece 258, by means of which it may be actuated against the tension of a spring 259. The lever 257 also is provided with a pin 260 underlying one arm of the lever 166, so as to rock the same about its pivot, and thus, tltrough the intern'iediary of the segment 165, depress the bar 57 and retension the spring 58, until all the parts connected to this bar and to the shaft 51 are restored to their normal positions.

In addition to restoring the various locks and safeguards connected to the shaft 51 and the bar 57, this restorer 256 is capable of restoring any of the pins 28 which have been set, with the exception of the pin which forms a gap at the point of overlapping of the periphery fUl'l'lltltl by the ring of plus 28 and the spur wheel 98. For this purpose, there provided a restoring ring 261, which faces all of the pins 28 at their back ends, with the exception of the pin forming the gap at the point of mesh of the spur wheel 98, the ring being cut away to avoid this pin and to avoid the end of the arm 209. The restoring ring 201 is connected to a shifting" arm which is )ivoted as 263. This arm is provided with a ollowing roller 2G4 normally engaged by a 'cam 265 on the shaft 51, which holds the restoring ring 261. in a position contiguous to the pins 28. hen, however, the shaft 51 is rotated at the releasingbf the detent 4-9, a spring 266 will withdraw the restoring ring 261, as the cam 265 recedes, soas to permit the setting of the pin corresponding to the numeral key actuated, in the usual way by the cradle or hammer 26.

It will thus be seen that when the handoperable restorcr 256 is actuated, it not only resets the shaft 51, the bar 57, and all parts connected thereto, to their normal set positions ready 'to start a computation, but it also causes the cam 265 to slap the restoring ring 2111 against the ring of pins 28, thereby returning any which may have been set at the previous striking of a numeral key, without the running up of a computation, to their normal unset position.

in case the tripper 45 is in its actuated position holding the detent it) clear of the toothed ratchet wheel 50, the restorer 256 will disengage the tripper 45 from the toe 4R, permitting the return of the detent 49. To do this. there is provided on a shaft 267, a deflector 269, which is normally spring held in the position shown in Fl". 1, but when the restorer 256 is raised. a cam 2 9 on the rcstorer engages a follower 270 on an offset of the deflector 268, so as to swing the latter about the shaft 267. causing a cam surface 372 thereon to raise the tripper- 45,

which it underlies. The shaft 267 extends through a slot in the restorer 2:76 and acts as a guide therefor.

In order to prevent the restorer 2515 being actuated .1 partstrol e without completing its operation, there is provided a full-stroke mechanism including a douhle-acting detent 273. which is held by a spring 27-1 in such a position that it will engage a ratchet 275 011 the restorer 251i and prevent a partial movement thereof and return in either di reetion. That is to sav, the restorer must he moved its full stroke up het'ore it can c moved down. and after having l lt'll moved its full stroke up. must he moved its full limit down het'ore it can he moved up.

Considering hrielly theoperation of the device. the numeral keys 2 can be freely actuated until a computing zone or column is reached, when one of the tappets 213 will come into engagement with the zone eontroller 214. This zone controller. through the connecting linkages. pulls down on the lever 225 to permit the controller 21! to rock downwardly enahling the tripper -15 to come into conta t with the toe 18 of the detent 1!). Thus. when in a computing zone. it a numeral key should he actuated. this tripper 45 may he operated to release the detent.

In striking a numeral key, an interponent 25, correspomling to the particular numeral key actuated, will be shifted by its lever 21 to the position shown in Fig. 16. so that the tail end thereof is in the path of the head 27 of the hammer or striker 26. In Setting the interponents to this position, the disk 41 is slid rearwardly against the tension of its spring. so that it rocks the lever 43 and thus thrusts the tripper =15 before it. causing the saw teeth thereof to engage the toe 18 and release the detent 4.9. The release of this detent permits the spring 58 to act, raising the bar 57 and rotating the shaft 01; The har 57. through its connections, locks the carriage 7 against movement, by holding the fixed dog 14 in mesh with the ratchet wheel 12. The bar 57 also through its connections, rocks downwardly the selectingpin 184-. so that. it will move a locking lever 127 to such a position that its detent roller 130 will unlock the particular train of computing and dial wheels which happens to he. in register with the master wheel. At the same time. this locking lever 1:27 engages the fixed locking groove 185. so as to prevent any traveling movement of the computing head 101. i

If the computing wheel should happen to he slightly out of register with the master wheel. the heveled form of the lever 12? engaging the Vgroove 135. will hring the computing w'heel into exact: register with the master wheel or else prevent the motor from driving the master wheel, in case registration is impoi'sihle as hereinafter explained.

The rotation of the shaft 51. under the drive of the spring 58. lirst unsets the pin at the gap in the \aluating or index wheel 2"; then. through the connect ion to the hammer or cradle 21', drives the selected interponent forward. setting the selected pin apposite to it. while the restoring ring 261 recedes het'ore the oncoming pin under the tension of the shifting arm spring 266. The

clutch 88. 89 is connected up so as to connect the motor in drlving relation with the shaft 87, on which the spur wheel 18 is secured.

1n the meantime. the cradle or hammer 21 will have returned to its normal position after having set the pin, so as to withdraw the interponent from interference with the pins 28 of the valuating wheel 2!).

The circuit to the motor 64 will also have. heen completed. by bringing the contacts 77 and 78 into engagement with each other. The motor will then drive through the con necting mechanism. the master wheel 114, which. in the meantime, has, been released hy the detent 1R8 falling away as'the pin 18!) moved up out of locking engagement with the cam finger 190. The master wheel will then be rotated an amount corresponding to the particular numeral key actuated. While this rotation is going on. the arm 208 of the rocker 207 will he forced aside by the pins 28 as the wheel 29 rotates, so that the nose 206 thereon will engage the hook 205 of [the latch 203.

As the computation approaches eompletion, the valuating Wheel 29 will approach a position such that the just set pin will come to a point in register with the spur wheel 98. when the spur wheel will he opposite a gap in the valuating wheel 2!). and thus incapahle of further driving the same. Before this point is reached. however. the just. set pin will come into engagement with the arm 21)!) of the rocker 207. swirginsr it to the left (Fig. 15). so as to move the shifter 202 against the tension of the spring 201. closing the lutch 1951. thereby connect ing the sleeve 211 in driven relation with the shaft 14-1. so that the cams 198 and'21t) will be rotated therewith.

The ram 1% will rock the hell crank 194, o as to depress the extension 179 and the har :37. retehsioning the spring 58 and returning he shaft 51 and the parts connected thereto to their normal positions. This. then will unlock the earriage,'unlock the computing heads the parts connected thereto to their normal positions. so that the numeral keys will be unlocked. The computing mechanism is 101. and restore the shaft 72 and.

then in a condition to have another numeral key struck, so as to run up a second computation.

In case the operative is faster in striking the successive numeral keys than the machine can compute, the supplementary lock 247 will come into play, taking the place of the receding locking blade 244, so as to prevent the subsequent actuation of a numeral key, until the computing mechanism has returned to its passive condition showing that the computation has been completed. This same look comes into play through the connection to the zone controller 214, when the typewriter is positioned so that. the denominational columns at the printing point correspond to' the writing of the commas between lnmdreds and thousands, thousands and millions, etc, and the decimal point, so as to prevent the writing and computing of numerals at these points.

In case the computing mechanism should be disarrangcd and not act properly, as when the motor is not connected up to the source of power, the striking of a numeral key, while it will set a pin, will not restore the computing mechanism to its normal condition. This could be done by actuating the restore-r 256, which will retension the spring 58, and return the bar 57 and the shaft 51 to their normal conditions.

It. is to be understood that in case the typewriter carriage should not stop exactly at a letter space, or when for any other reason the computing wheels of the computing head 101 should be out of exact register with the master wheel 114, the machine would be locked against action. That is to say, whatever locking lever 127 happened to be in register with the selecting pin 18%, it would not exactly settle in the V-groove 185, so that it would prevent the complete upward movement of the bar 57, and thus would prevent the complete rotation of the shaft 51. Hence, the finger 93, will not quite reach the drop 95 in the cam 92, so that the spring U0 would be prevented from acting, whereby the clutch element 89 would not be drawn into action with the clutch element 88.

Under these circumstances, the computing mechanism would not be driven by the motor 64, even though it itself should be excited to action. This would prevent the master wheel from in'un'oper action until the computing wheels 01 the computing head 101 should be brought into proper registration therewith. Of course, if the bar 57 is prevented from moving upward its fullest amount, it would not completely release the lock 188, so that the master wheel shaft 109 and the master wheel 114 would still be locked against rotation.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the'invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination with a series of index pins, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, and a. cradle for said interponents, said cradle having a beveled ring to engage in notches provided in each of said interponents, so that said interponeuts may be rocked about said ring as a fulcrum.

2. The combination with a series of index pins, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, and a. cradle for said intcrponents, said intcrpmlcnts each having an offset spaced apart. from the body thereof to form a space therebetween, said cradle having a. beveled ring to engage in the spaces provided in said interponents, so that said interponcnts may rock about said ring as a fulcrum.

3. The combination with a series of settable pins, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, levers for shifting said interponents, and a hub forming a pivotal support for said levers, caeli of said intcrpo-. nents having an extension to form a right angle shoulder to engage said hub and lock said interponents against bodily movement.

4. The combination with a series of settable pins, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, a series of lovers for shifting said interpomaits, a hub forming a pivotal support for said levers,'and a cradle for actuating said interponents after having been shifted by said levers, each of said interponcnts having an extension to term a; right-angle. shoulder engaging said hub to prevent the nmuipulation of said interpo- .ncnls by said cradle until shifted by their lovers to a position in which said shoulders are. disengaged frmusaid huh.

5. The combination with a series of settable pins, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, a hammer for actuating said interponcnts, a slide connected to actuate. said hammer, a shaft, a member on said shaft having a shoulder to engage said slide to draw on the same, said shoulder being arranged to escape from said slide after a predctcrmincd movement of said shaft, and means for returning said hammer to its normal position.

11. The combination with a series of settable pins, of interponents for setting Said pins. numeral keys for shifting said interponcnts to an actuable. position, and means actuating said intcrponents to set pins and returning the same immediately to their normal position, clear of Said pins.

7. The combination with a Series of settable pins, of iutcrponents for setting Said pins, a striker for shifting a selected one of said interponents to set aseleeted one of said pins, and means for in'unediately returning said striker and the selected interponent to a normal position elea r of said pins.

ii. The combination with a series oi settable pins, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, means for aetuating a scleeted interponeut. to set: a selected pin, first-mentioned means for actuating said means in a direction to set a pin, and a spring for returning said means immediately after actuation 9. The combination with a series of settablc pins, of a ser es of ii'itcrponents t'or setting said pins, a striker t'or actuating a selected one of said interponents to set a se.- leetcd one oi said pinsmeans for niomentarily actuating said striker and tripping therit'roi'u, and a spring for returning said striker and said interponent to normal position clear of said pins imna-diatel altcr actuation.

10. The combination with a series ol' settable pins, of a series oi intcrponeuts lor sctting said pins, a striker l'or actuating a selected one of said interponents to set a se leeted one of said pins, means for momentarily actuating said striker and tripping therefrom, and a spring for returning said striker and said intcrponent to normal posi 'tion clear of said pins iunnediately after actuation, said means also acting to positively return said striker and said interponent to normal position in case of the failure of said spring to art.

llfThe combination with a valuating member having a series of pins settable to determine the extent of a eomputation, of means for driving said valuating member, a series of iuterponents for setting said pins, a striker t'or actuating a scleeted one of said interponcnts to set a selected one of said pins, and means for actuating said striker to set a pin and return said striker and the selected interponent to its normal position clear of said pins prior to a computing movement. of said valuating member.

12. The combination with a valuating member having a series of pins settable to determine the extent ot a computing movement tlrereot', of a series of interponents for setting said pins. a striker t'or actuating a selected interponent to set a selected pin to start a eomputation corresponding to the value of the selected pin, means for driving said member an amount determined by the selected pin, and means for actuating aid striker to set the pin and returning said striker before the driving action of said galuating member by said means commences, so that said interponiuits will be always clear of said pins when the latter are in motion.

tirst ment ioued 13. The 'eon'ibination with a valuating member having a series of pins settable to determine the extent: of a eomputatiou, of a series of inter mueuts for setting said pins, a striker ior actuating a selected interponeat to set a seleeted pin. an auxiliary sour e of power connectible momentarily to said striker to actuate the same, and means for tripping said striker from said auxiliary source of power prior to the running up of a computation by said valuatin member.

14. The eombinatlon with a 'aluating member having a series of pins scttable to determine the extent of a computation, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, a striker t'or actuating a selected interponent to set a selected pill. an auxiliary source of power for actuating said striker, means for driving said valuating member an extent determined by the set pin, and means tor disconnecting said striker from said :luxiiiary source of power prior to the driving of said \alnating member by said firstmentioned means.

1: The eomliination with a valuating member having a series of pins settable to determine the extent of a computation, of a, series of interponents for setting said pins. a striker for actual ing a selected interponent to set a selected pin, an auxiliary source of power for actuating said striker, means for driving said valuating member an extent determined by he set pin, and means for disconnecting said striker from said auxiliary source of power and returning it with said interponent to a position clear of said pins irior to the driving of said valuating member by said first-mentioned means.

16. The combination with a valnating member having a series of pins settable thereon to determine the extent of a computing movement thereof, of a: series of interpo nents for setting said pins, a striker for aetuating a selected interponent to set a selected pin, driving means for moving said valuating member an amount determined by the. pin selected. and means for positively moving said striker and the selected interponent to a position in which all the interponents will he elear of said pins, enabling a tree movement of said valuating member.

17. The combination with a valuating member having a series of pins 'settable thereon to determine the extent of a computing movement thereof, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, a striker t'or actuating a selected interponent to set; a selected pin, a drivable shaft, and means for intermittently connecting said striker in driven relation with said shaft.

18. The eombination with a valuating member having a series of pins settable thereon to determine the extent; of a compnting movement thereof. of a series of interponents for setting said pins, a striker for actuating a selected interponent to set a sea lected pin, a drivable shaft, means for intermittently connecting said striker in driven relation with said shaft, and means for disconnecting said -striker from said shaft and returning it and its selected interponent to normal position clear of said pin.

19. The combination with a 'aluating member having a series of pins scttable to determine the extent of a computing movement thereof, of a series of inter 'ionents for setting said pins, a striker fo' actuating a selected interponent to set a selected pin, a drivable shaft, means set in motion at the actuation of said shaft to drive said valuat ing member an extent determined by the pin set, and means for intermittently connecting said striker in driven relation with said shaft and disctmnecting it therefrom prior to an actuation of said valuating member by said driving means.

20. The combination with a series of pins settable to determine the extent of a coinputation, of a series'of interponents for set ting said plus, a striker for actuating a selected interponent to set a selected pin, a slide connected to said striker, a rotatable shaft, and a member ln ving a shoulder to engage and actuate said slide and disengage itself from said slide at a single movement of said shaft,

21. The combination with a series of pins settable to determine the extent of a computation, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, a striker for actuating a se lecbed interponent to set a selected pin, a slide connected to said striker, a rotatable shaft, a member having a shoulder to engage and actuate said slide and disengage itself from said slide at a single movement of said shaft, and a spring for returning said slide and said striker to their normal positions.

22. The combination with a series of pins settable to determine the extent of a computation, of a series of interponents for setting said pins, a striker for actuating a selected interponent to set a selected pin, a shaft, means for actuating said shaft a slide connected to said striker to actuate the same, an extension on said slide. a member on said shaft having a shoulder to engage said extension and trip therefrom during a single movement, and a finger on said mcmbcr engaging said slide to positively return said slide and said striker to their normal positions befo e said shaft completes its movcment.

23. The combination with a series of pins settable to determine t'hc extent of a compntation, of a series of interponcnts for sclting said pins, a striker to actuating a sclected interponent to set a selected pin, controlling means for starting a computation, and means goverend in its action from said controlling means for ctt'ccting a complete reciprocation of said striker. so as to set a pin and return the selected intcrponent clear of all of said pins before said controlling means entirely completes its action.

Lhlf'lhe combination with a valuating member having a series of pins scttablc to determine the extent of a computatioi'i. of a motor for driving said mcmbcr, a normally open clutch between said motor and said member, a series of interponents for setting said pins, a striker for actuating a selected iutcrponcnt to set a selected pin, controlling means for closing said clutch, and actuating means for effecting a complete reciprocation of said striker to set the selected pin and return the selected interponcnt to a position clear of all of said pins, said actuating means being controlled from said controlling means so as to complete its action prior to thc closing of 'said clutch.

25. The combination with a valuating member having a series of pins settable to determine the extent of a computation and a source of power for driving said valuating member, of controlling means for governing the drive of said valuating member by said source of power. a series of intcrponents for setting said pins to determine the extents of computation, a striker for actuating a selected intcrponent to set a selected pin, and actuating means for said striker controlled from said controlling means to effect a complete rwiprocation of said striker and selected intcrponcnt prior to the driving of said valuating member by said source of power, so as to sci a pin and remove the selected interp ncnt to a position clear of said pin befor said valuating member and the pins carried thereby start in motion.

36. The combination with a series of compnting whcels of a master wheel for driving said computing wheels at times free from cngagcincnt therewith. a lock for said mastclwwhcel, a normally interrupted train of gearing for driving said master wheel, said lock being norihall in action to prevent a rotation of said master wheel while said twin of gearing is interrupted and while discngaged from said computing wheels, and means for com-omitantl v completing said train of g aring aml rclcasing said lock so that the master wheel can bc driven when said gearing is in condition to drive it.

3?. The combination with a series ofcompnting wheels, of a master wheel for driving said computing wheels, a master whccl shaft for said ma H-r whccL a lock for said maslcr wheel at said shaft. a motor for driving said ma ter wheel shal't, a train of gearing connecting said motor with said master 

